Figure 8: Compared ultraviolet–visible absorption spectra in CH2Cl2.

The AuNPs stabilized by reaction of NaBH4 with a mixture of HAuCl4 and dendron 1 [PF6]2 (blue line), 6A [PF6]54 (black line) or 6B[PF6]54 (red line) under identical conditions giving back the neutral dendrimers (equation (2)).